Midcourt Tennis Academy provides a clear, well-thought-out and proven pathway for youth tennis players and their parents. We never lose sight of the facts: each player's journey is unique and our job is to provide the best coaching and training possible within an exceptional learning environment in order to generate accelerated growth during each player's journey to becoming the kind of tennis player they want to be. 
If you have tried the program for kids under 10 that tells you the balls, court and racquet to use based on age are what matter most and it's left you thinking there must be something more; there is. And now you've found it. We take those elements and incorporate them into our overall strategy of teaching technique within a tactical framework for developing successful tennis players.
We'd love to see your child advance into our T.O.P.S. program, which is the Ivy League of High-Performance Junior Tennis programs for kids chosing the conventional path for their tennis development. But, no matter the path or the level of tennis a child wants to play, we know our various levels of programs will get your child where they want to be as a tennis player much better prepared!
TENNIS PROGRAMS
Advantage is specifically
designed for kids ages 5 - 8 years old. We make tennis, and our classes, F-U-N by using 'kid-centric' terminology to engage and entertain kids while learning how to play tennis and developing a strong foundation for becoming life-long tennis players.
As with any sport, learning tennis is a progression. We start kids out playing in smaller spaces and growing into 36-foot courts, using age and size-appropriate racquets as well as foam and lower-compression, red balls.
While the equipment used is made just for 'little people', our objective remains the same: get kids excited about playing tennis while teaching them good tactics and techniques which will eventually have them mastering their game on full-size courts.
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Advantage Performance is specifically designed for kids who are 9 and 10 years old.
While we still utilize age and size-appropriate racquets, and the largest court these kids will play on is a 60 foot court using lower-compression, orange balls.
Our goals: get the kids excited about playing tennis while teaching them good tactics and techniques which eventually have them masteriing their game on full-size courts.
JUNIOR TENNIS
PROGRAMS
T.O.P.S - Tournament Optimal Performance System - is a program designed by Duey Evans specifically for competitive-level junior players.
With the rule changes now in place affecting how kids are taught tennis, smaller courts and lower compressions balls provide an enormous developmental opportunity to teach younger players how to become tactically astute even before they are fully developed technically.
And that's why we've developed two new programs, T.O.P.S Advantage Performance and T.O.P.S Academy, to add to our overall T.O.P.S program, which is the highest level program for junior players within Midcourt Tennis Academy. And the expectation level is higher for players participating in each of our T.O.P.S programs.
This program is designed for 9 & 10 year olds who are competing at least at the Junior Team Tennis level and want to continue growing their competitive game. They will play on appropriate courts for their age, which are 60'x21', and use orange lower compression balls.
This program is designed for kids older than 10 who are competing in Junior Team Tennis or DPTA levels and want to continue growing their competitive game. They will play on full-size courts, 78'x27', and use green lower compression courts.
Both TOPS AP and Academy classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 -7 pm. Players must meet our criteria for participating in these classes and must attend both sessions weekly. The cost is $199 monthly.
This program is for junior players competing at ZAT, Champ and Super Champ levels. They play on full-size courts with full-compression yellow balls. Our TOPS developmental afternoon-only program combines competitive situational and match play with our periodized training and methodology in order to provide players with the competitive edge needed in a sport that's become more powerful and played by bigger and faster athletes than ever before.
Hours for the TOPS program are 4:30-7:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. Participants get to choose between attending this program 3 days a week - $520 monthly - or coming every day - $700 monthly.
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PROGRAMS
Academy is for kids older than 10 who have not yet started competing in sanctioned tournaments. We work with these kids on all court sizes, including full-size, 78 foot courts using lower-compression, green balls.
More than 70% of program time is spent in live-ball drills (versus standing in a line waiting for someone to feed balls) that teach, build and reinforce good tactics and techniques.
Even though tactical awareness is taught from the start in our Advantage and Advantage Performance programs, we introduce players in Academy to what we call 'Tennis Warfare', developed by Coach Evans. Tennis Warfare is a way of thinking about the kinds of tactics necessary for playing a high-level tennis match. Many of these strategies are more easily learned and executed when a player is not overwhelmed by the size of the court or bounce of the ball.
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